“Parasyte”this movie for me is one of the most my favorite Japanese movie it because begins with a sequence showing one of the title creatures — resembling a cross between a slug and a centipede — making its way into a human brain via an ear canal and taking over its unsuspecting host. Our hero, the sleeping Shinichi, is spared this fate, though the critter invades his right hand, first appearing an eye on his palm. Later it assumes a semi-human form, with a mouth on Shinichi’s palm and a single eye protruding from his forefinger.
Calling itself Migi (“Righty”), Shinichi’s new companion turns out to be a pint-sized whiz, absorbing human knowledge as fast as he can click through Web pages. He can also defend himself, transforming his finger-hands into sharp blades that can lash out like deadly whips. After his initial repulsion and disgust, Shinichi resigns himself to Migi’s presence (or rather attachment) and forms an uneasy partnership with him.
Migi serves as an early-warning system when other parasites — inside their dead-eyed human hosts — are coming dangerously near. Some are hunting for human nourishment, while others are seeking less violently obvious ways of adapting to — and eventually dominating — their new environment.
One of the latter is Ryoko Tamiya (Eri Fukatsu), a new biology teacher at Shinichi’s school who regards Shinichi and Migi as interesting objects of study. Her fellow parasites, however, tend to see this pair as, if not a meal, untrustworthy freaks. That is, their fight for survival — the emotion-free parasite’s only concern — continues, and comes to involve Shinichi’s down-to-earth mom (Kimiko Yo), his well-meaning, clueless girlfriend, Satomi (Ai Hashimoto), and other hapless humans around them.
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